Posted on 07/13/2008 4:06:45 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
Scare Tactic — Obama Slams Muslim Portrayal By: Mike Allen
The Obama campaign is condemning as “tasteless and offensive” a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife.
An American flag burns in their fireplace.
The New Yorker says it's satire. It certainly will be candy for cable news.
The Obama campaign quickly condemned the rendering. Spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement: “The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree."
The issue, which goes on sale Monday, includes a long piece by Ryan Lizza about Obama’s start in Chicago politics.
At a press availability Sunday afternoon in San Diego, Senator Obama was asked, according to a transcript by Maria Gavrilovic of CBS News: “The upcoming issue of the New Yorker, the July 21st issue, has a picture of you, depicting you and your wife on the cover.
“Have you seen it? If not, I can show it to you on my computer. It shows your wife Michelle with an Afro and an AK 47 and the two of you doing the fist bump with you in a sort of turban-type thing on top. I wondered if you’ve seen it or if you want to see it or if you have a response to it?”
Obama, shrugging incredulously: “I have no response to that.”
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Well at 1280 x 768 I guess I’m rather spoilt.
What a putz. No wonder he's losing.
I just grab it with my curser and drag it onto the desktop. Walla! All there.
I love my MAC.
It will be all over the news.
Wall to wall blathering of the poor persecuted black man.
Just wait and see.
Thanks for that.
Wonderful. I’ll buy a copy.
Thanks, but no one is going to remember the article. It’s the cover they will remember... and this cover is a keeper (if they don’t pull it)
Unless I'm mistaken, Hamas and the Arabs believe this as well; and, if that's the case, shouldn't we take it on their authority?
Marxistobama's biggest worry is that we might actually learn what he means by "change".
If Obama were somehow indicted, tried and convicted of raping and mass murdering small children between now and the convention he would still get the Democrat nomination.
If the Democrats dump Obama for any reason they will lose the majority of black votes for at least a generation. We are not talking about one election, we are talking about a permanent loss of a large portion of their base for many elections to come.
The Democrats all know this. Even Hillary knows this.
Her strategy at this point is to make a few minimal campaign appearances for him in exchange for a prime time speaking role at the convention. She will then do whatever she can behind the scenes to torpedo him so that McCain will win and she can get the Democrat nomination in 2012 (running on the "I told you not to pick that loser" platform).
DU IS FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS!!!!!!!!
Oh My Sides.........:*)
Does anyone know where one could buy this issue? I’mn thinking this could be one of those eBay collectable things a decade from now.
“If Obama were somehow indicted, tried and convicted of raping and mass murdering small children between now and the convention he would still get the Democrat nomination.”
True. If he shot his wife AND they got it on video tape (from two independent sources), he might see a slight dip in his popularity. Possibly.
Dittos here BS...
collector’s item.
Copy the following URL and paste it in your browser's address bar. Then click go (or equivalent on your browser). You should see the image in its entirety.
http://images.politico.com/global/tny%207.21.jpg
Of course they are. No one is as much against freedom of the press as a “progressive”
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